Xinhua News Agency, Damascus, February 2 (Reporter Wang Jian and Zheng Yihan) According to a report by the Syrian News Agency on the 2nd, the Turkish army and the Syrian opposition armed forces it supported shelled each other in northern Syria and the Syrian Democratic Army led by the Syrian Kurdish armed forces on the same day. , killing 10 civilians and injuring 32 others.
SANA quoted local sources and related reports as saying that from the morning of the 2nd, the Turkish army and the Syrian opposition armed forces it supported used heavy artillery to shell each other with the "Syrian Democratic Army" in northern Syria's Aleppo province.
The shelling continued for several hours, with multiple shells falling into the residential area of Baab city in the province.
According to the "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" headquartered in London, England, the Turkish army in the Syrian-Turkish border area bombed the al-Malikiye area, which is mainly controlled by Kurdish armed forces in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, causing casualties and a large number of civilians fleeing. .
In late August 2016, the Turkish army launched an operation code-named "Euphrates Shield", which crossed the border into northern Syria to combat the "Islamic State" and prevent the expansion of Kurdish armed forces in northern Syria.
Since 2016, the Turkish army has repeatedly entered northern Syria to carry out military operations against Kurdish armed forces, which it regards as a terrorist organization.
The Syrian government condemned Turkey's military action as a blatant violation of Syria's national sovereignty.